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Valor - Forever Honored, Forever Mourned Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/24/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

We love our Cemeteries and we love our Veterans, we will never forget!

CONGRATULATIONS FTF...GREAT OUTDOORS!!!

Stage 1: coordinates of this listing. To get to stage 2 you need the # of words on the memorial, the # of e's in the words and the # letters in VALOR.
N= #words - # of e's - # of letters in Valor. Subtract .00N from north coords. W= # of letters in VALOR x 2. Add .0W to west coords.

Stage 2: John Manross, to get to stage 3 you need the date John Died
MMDDYYYY
ABCDEFGH
N= AB + C - D + F - G + H.Subtract .0N from stage 2 North coords.
W= AE x C. Subtract .0W from stage 2 West coords.

Stage 3: Leroy Tuttle, to find stage 4 you need the birth and death yrs of Leroy and how old was Leroy = XY
YYYY - YYYY
ABCD - EFGH
N = Y + B + H + E + C. Add .0N to stage 3 North coords.
W = X + Y + C + H. Add .0W to stage 3 West coords

Stage 4: Tuggy's Masonic Brother Edward W. Warner, you need the date Brother Edward died.
MDDYYYY
ABCDEFG
How old was he?
What was his Regt #?
N = Age - Regt# - C - D.Subtract .00N from stage 4 North coords.
W= 1 + A + F - E + D + C. Subtract .0W from stage 4 West coords.

Finally the Final camoed matchstick good luck and have fun!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ghpxrq va avpryl

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)